Dominant interannual and decadal variability of winter surface air temperature over Asia and the surrounding oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1371-1386

  Miyazaki, Chihiro ^a   Yasunari, Tetsuzo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE TRAINS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POLAR VORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARCTIC; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 44349115063     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1845.1     Document Type: Article

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